Pamela Tarbell

Koi #1, Original Still Life Painting

2020

Artist Commentary: Travels in the southwest in New Mexico and the feel of the land masses inspired this image. Keywords: warm colors, orange, southwest, landscape, mesa, New Mexico,...

Winter Flower, Original Contemporary Still Life Nature Painting, 2015 16" x 20" x 1" (HxWxD) Acrylic on Canvas A branch dotted with snow is graced with the presence of a single red-toned leaf that clung on as the rest of the foliage fell around it. The artist has depicted this close-up of the tree overlayed on a colorful, abstracted background. Artist Commentary: This lone leaf that failed to fall in the Autumn has stayed and looks like a flower in the Winter... Artist Biography: Robert Crooker was born in Massachusetts in 1951. A life long Red Sox fan, he saw the likes of Frank Malzone, Yaz, George Scott, Rico, Jim Lonborg all play in years gone by. He has been married for over 27 years with 4 children, and 2 grandchildren. In the Mid-1970’s, Robert started collecting Vintage Disney Collectibles dated from the 1930’s and 40’s. His passion for collecting grew so rapidly that in the 1980’s it became a business. He bought and sold “DISNEYANA” worldwide, realizing thousands of dollars for single pieces of rare highly sought after Disney merchandise. Robert is the leading world expert on the values of these collectibles. As an adventure in American art, these rarities were created during a time when toy manufacturers had art departments employed with many artists that created some of the most beautiful children’s toys ever created. While running Disneyana – Mouse Man...

Whisky jug with apple blossom By Maggie LaPorte-Banks [2022] This impressionistic still life features the black whisky jug, traditionally used for storing moonshine. I love this old...